Strainer



L. MERRIMAN April 6 1926.

STRAINER Filed August 5. 192.5

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veniently operated from Patented Apr. 6, H526 UNITED, "STATES.

PATENT] OFFICE;

LEROY MEBRIMAN, or casran, WYOM N Application filed August a, 1925. Serial- Be it known that I, LEROY citizen of the United States, residin Casper, in the county of Natrona and at tate of Wyoming, have invented new and useful I Improvements in Strainers, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

- This invention contemplates the provision of a strainer adapted to be used ina pipe p to strain the fluid which passes through line, the line, and embodies a strainer element which is capable of being easily and cont e pipe line when it is desired to remove-the dirt; or other foreign matter thereform.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in conmotion with the accompanying drawing, the

invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as.

forming part of this aping is closed at its opposite ends by 'remov-i able plates 11 and 12 respectively which plates are preferably threaded into the The plate casing as shown in Figure 1.

12 is provided with an enlarged centralwhich is threaded the pipe 13 p opening into through which a fluid to be strained enters the device. Projecting from the casing 1U is a hollow boss 14 into which is threaded a bushing 15, the bushing being internally threaded to accommodate the adjacent end of the pipe 16 which constitutesthe'outlet.

for the fluid from the device. The pipe 16 is arranged at a right angle to the pipe 13, it of course bein understood that the device forming the sub ect matter of the invention is adapted to be coupled or-arranged in the length of the pipe line for the purpose above stated.

Arranged within the casing 10 is a strainer consisting of a cylindricalbody portion Mariana-Air, a .body portion central opening 19 like numerals of reference indicate.

ctional view taken on line srmnma.

- 17 of any suitable foraminated material, this being spaced from the-walls of the casing" 10 by means of disks 18 which aredesigned to surround the strainer 17 at the ends thereof. A ring 18 arranged adjacent the pipe '13'is formed with a large end of the strainer 17, so that the pipe 13 rojects through these openingsan appreciof the fluid assing from the pipe 13 is conveyed into t has associated therewith a handle 20, the handle bein arranged an appreciable'distance inwar 1yx from-the adjacent end of the casing 10, so t at after the strainer has been able distance within the strainer,-so that all.

e strainer. The other ring 18,

as is also the adjacent positioned within the casing the plate 11' can in Figure 1. This plate is formed with a centrally disposed projecting portion 21 which may be of any desired an ularcontour .to permit the use of a wrenc or other suitable tool for associatinglthe plate with the casing or removing it t erefrom as the occasion may require.

be associated with the casing as shown *5 In practice, the fluid passing through the pipe hneenters the strainer 17 from the pipe 13' which strainer of course separates dirt and other foreign matter from the fluid prior to its escape therefrom through the outlet pipe 16. It is manifest that the strainer can be conveniently and quickly f removed from the casing 10 in order to clean the strainer or the interior of the easing by simply removing the plate 11 and sliding the strainer endwise through the casing 10.

While it isbelieved that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily aparent, I- desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described, and that such chan es may be resorted to when desired as fal within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, 1

claim: p

A device of the character described, comprising a cylindrical casing openyat both ends, and provided with a lateral outlet in termediate its ends, and interiorl adjacent said ends, discs threade into said casing and closing said ends, one of said discshaving an enlarged central opening interiorly threaded, aremovable strainer of cylindrical contour and closedends arranged threaded l within the casing and having an enlarged central opening in one end thereof, registering with the opening in the adjacent disc and employed to space the latter from the walls of said casing, the L-sha ed portion fitting against the end wall and wall of the strainer, and by one end'of said strainer.

, Intestimony whereof I aifix my signature.

LEROY MERRIMAN.

peripheral a handle carried 10 

